Brazil moves to standard time on Feb 16, 2014
The parts of Brazil that use daylight saving time will switch back to standard time on Sunday 16 February 2014, at midnight between Saturday and Sunday. The clocks go back one hour, to 11 p.m. on Saturday 15 February 2014.[1]
The states switching to standard time:
- Distrito Federal, Brasília
- Espírito Santo, Vitória
- Goiás, Goiânia
- Mato Grosso, Cuiabá
- Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande
- Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
- Paraná, Curitiba
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
- Santa Catarina, Criciúma
- São Paulo, São Paulo
Update, 25 October 2026: Brazil abolished summer time by a presidential decree in 2019,[2] and there is none in 2026/2027 either.[3] See also: DST ends in Brazil on 17th Feb 2013.
References
- Time zone database: South America, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), accessed 26 October 2026.
- Brazil eliminated daylight saving time. It’s having second thoughts., The Washington Post (in the Anchorage Daily News), 3 January 2025.
- Summer time does not return in 2026 (in Portuguese), Jornal do Brasil, 5 October 2026.
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